Device for Cleaning Wells (open access)

Device for Cleaning Wells

Patent for improving the efficiency of oil wells.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Sargent, Lemuel S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Pipe Coupling (open access)

Automatic Pipe Coupling

Patent for improvement on the methods of controlling oil flow.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Childs, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antislipping Device for Tires (open access)

Antislipping Device for Tires

Patent for a device intended to decrease slippage of vehicle tires on roads that are either damaged or otherwise hard to navigate due to weather conditions.
Date: September 4, 1919
Creator: Edwards, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
By-Pass Draft Fan (open access)

By-Pass Draft Fan

Patent for bypass draft fans used for the functioning of pneumatic conveyors. Pneumatic conveyors are used to transport solid materials through pipelines with the flow of air or other gases. Most pneumatic conveyors are located in mechanical processing plants.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Martin, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Device (open access)

Antiskidding Device

Patent for an anti-skidding device to be used in tires and other traction wheels.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Weatherly, W. G. & Weatherly, E. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hairpin (open access)

Hairpin

Patent for preventing "the accidental displacement of the dislodgment of the pin from the hair of the wearer." (Lines 11-12).
Date: September 11, 1919
Creator: Nalle, Charles R. of Forth Worth, TX
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug (open access)

Spark-Plug

Patent for improvement of spark-plugs, an automotive engine component.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Hill, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores (open access)

Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores

Patent for the Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores. This machine makes the extraction of sulfur from ores containing less than 20% sulfur, while also removing the impurities.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Austin, Paul P. Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Cushion Tires (open access)

Process of Making Cushion Tires

Patent for improving "cushion tires and processes of producing the same". (lines 10-11).
Date: September 8, 1919
Creator: Strang, Fred W. of Dallas, TX
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vise for Drilling-Machines (open access)

Vise for Drilling-Machines

Patent for a vise for drilling-machines with a novel construction and combination of parts. The work is positioned and clamped under the drill.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Joyce, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Structure for Oil-Wells. (open access)

Valve Structure for Oil-Wells.

Patent for Valve Oil-Wells. This improved Valve Oil Well will increase efficiency and durability of device.
Date: September 19, 1919
Creator: McEvoy, John Philip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Junction-Bracket (open access)

Junction-Bracket

Patent for a junction box for automobile wiring. This junction box attempts to place wiring connections that are prone to break due to vibrations from the vehicle in one place. The location of the junction box should allow for less stress on the vehicles wiring as well as provide for easier replacement of connections and wires when servicing is required.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Teachworth, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-curing plant (open access)

Vegetable-curing plant

Patent for vegetable-curing plant and the purpose of the invention is to provide means for supplying tempered air under pressure to storage bins.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Emerson, Arthur W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a new and improved well-boring apparatus that rotates a drill stem. The drill is then elevated when it is desired to unscrew the joints.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Headrick, James O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Wheel-Tire.

Patent for improvement in automobile tires, resulting in more resilient tires that utilize internal spring coils that are encased in an elastic casing to protect against direct contact with the rubber tire.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tread for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Tread for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for an improvement in treads for pneumatic tires "to prevent excessive wear or puncture of the parts of the tire constituting the tread portion" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Twombly, Royal W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers (open access)

Process of making tire-fillers

Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Aycock, Edward F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that has functional improvements in plows.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Fudge, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Traction-Lug (open access)

Tire Traction-Lug

Patent for tire traction-lug preventing slipping of the wheel in mud, sand, snow, slush, and other soft road-beds.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Smith, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material (open access)

Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material

Patent for new and useful improvements in process and apparatus for sizing and separating comminuted materials. This is the fifth patent and improves on the previous four patents.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material. (open access)

Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material.

Patent for improvements in the process of and apparatus for separating and grading material. "Improvement upon our Patent #1,073,644, issued September 23, 1913, for a 'Separating table and process of separation'" (lines 14-17). Object of invention is to improve the general construction of separating table.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an improved pump valve designed for a pump for pumping oil from oil wells "which will not be affected by the fluid or gas pressure in the bore" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush (open access)

Toothbrush

Patent that provides a toothbrush the ability to penetrate the interstices between the teeth and remove the debris by the vertical movement of the bristles, and being able to do so without discomfort. The brush is sanitary and convenient for being carried in a pocket in the clothing or in a traveling bag as well.
Date: September 29, 1919
Creator: Martz, George R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sun-Hat (open access)

Sun-Hat

Patent for headgear especially adapted for use as a sun hat, in which it provides a sun hat 1) to create the crown and brim from a single sheet and fabric, 2) have self-adjusting means for different head shapes and sizes, 3) to be durable, desirable, and neat in appearance, and 4) to have a brim retained in position by a bracing wire which may be conveniently removed.
Date: September 3, 1919
Creator: Satterfield, Rosa P.
System: The Portal to Texas History